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Hands-On: Captioning/AD 101
AHEAD in Virginia Spring Conference March 28, 2014
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Purpose
Offering instruction on the
basics of the captioning process
, we will cover different strategies for adding captions to your videos and discuss the pros and cons of outsourcing vs. in-sourcing. The hope is that this brief intro informs you for starting your own in-house process, for purchasing decisions, for communicating with IT personnel, or for engaging in further research.
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What We Will Cover
• • • • • Captioning/Audio Description Basics Hands-On (YouTube, QuickTime, YouDescribe) Alternative Options Resources Q&A
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What is Captioning?
“...spoken dialogue as printed words on the television screen. Captions are specifically designed for viewers who are deaf and hard of hearing, however, they allow anyone to follow along through
carefully placed words that identify speakers
,
on- and off-screen sound effects, music, and laughter
.” http://main.wgbh.org/wgbh/pages/mag/captioning.html
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Captioning or Subtitles
Captioning
• • • Deaf/Hoh Move to denote speaker Notate sounds/other significant audio (e.g., dog barking) • • Aims to render all utterances Render tone (e.g.,
whispering
, [BRITISH ACCENT]) • Open vs. closed
Subtitles
• Hearing who do not understand language of dialogue • • • Positioned bottom-center Selective rendering of audio Open vs. Closed
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E.g., Captions
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E.g., Subtitles
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Captioning Format Types
Transcripts and support files .clean.txt
.txt (may contain sync markers) Web-based captions .vtt (HTML5) .srt (YouTube/Vimeo) .qt.txt/qt.smil (QuickTime) .smi/.asx (Windows Media Player) .dfxp.xml (Flash) .rt/.rt.smil (RealPlayer) List goes on...
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What is Audio Description?
“...the accessibility of the visual images of theater, television, movies, and other art forms for people who are blind, have low vision, or who are otherwise visually impaired....It is commentary and narration, which guides the listener through the presentation with
concise, objective descriptions of new scenes, settings, costumes, body language, and "sight gags," all slipped in between portions of dialogue or songs
.” http://www.acb.org/adp/ad.html#what
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e.g., Accessible Video (
Stuck on an Escalator
) Stuck on an Escalator Video (Accessible Version), https://www.youtube.com/w atch?v=YQUAs3syuJE
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Creating Accessible Videos Using YouTube, QuickTime, and YouDescribe
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HANDS-ON: Captioning with
YouTube
1.
Log into your
YouTube
account.
2.
• Click the
Upload
button.
Public/Unlisted/Private? 3.
Select one of the videos • • • provided for you:
Perfect Pitch What 2 Wear?
How Did You Prepare?
4.
5.
6.
After uploading your video, follow the instructions for uploading your
captions file
(i.e., ends with .srt). Edit your captions.
Repeat process using
text file
(i.e., ends with .txt) instead of captions file.
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HANDS-ON: Audio Description with
YouDescribe
1.
2.
3.
4.
Log into your
YouDescribe
account.
Enter the name of the video that you would like to describe in the ‘
Search
’ field.
Click the link to ‘
Create/Edit Descriptions
’ link next to your video.
Watch the video in the
Authoring Description
window. Pause the video at the location where you want to insert a descriptive clip.
5.
6.
7.
Press record and speak your description into the microphone. Click on Stop when finished recording.
Click the Upload button. When the Upload completes, you should see a new clip added to the table of clips. Resume watching after the upload completes. Repeat steps 4-6 until the video is over. No need to save anything at the end. Each of your description clips is saved when you upload it.
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DEMO: Audio Description with
YouDescribe
•
E.g., YouDescribe:
•
100 Year-old BFFs, http://youdescribe.ski.org/rel/search.php#dialog
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DEMO: Adding Captions with
QuickTime Pro
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
Open QuickTime Player 7.
Click
File
, ‘
Open File...
’.
Select “
PerfectPitch.qt.txt
”.
Once file opens, click
Edit
, then
Select All
. Click
Edit
,
Copy
. Again, click
File
, ‘
Open File...’
.
Select “
PerfectPitch.mp4
” video file to open it.
8.
9.
Once file opens, click
Edit
,
Add to Movie
. Play movie (captions to be adjusted). 10.
11.
Click
Window
,
Show Movie Properties
.
Select “Text Track” and adjust offset for movie.
12.
Play movie to make sure captions are properly adjusted.
13.
Finally, click
File
,
Save As
“self-contained” movie. a
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Captioning – Alternative Options
In-House Student workers IT Staff Campus TV DSS Staff 3 rd -party Automatic Sync ($2.65/$1.45) 3PlayMedia ($2.35/$1.00) Cielo24 ($1.50) Docsoft ($1.75) eScribe ($1.80/$1.25) List goes on...
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Additional Resources
• • • • Captioning Adding Captions Files or Transcripts to
YouTube
[PDF] Captioning Output Formats Captions Format Converter (Automatic Sync) (3PlayMedia) Captioning with QuickTime Pro (Univ. of Wisc) • •
Audio Description YouDescribe
– How to Create Audio Descriptions [Video]
YouDescribe
– Step-by-Step Instructions
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Contact Information
Assistive Technology Initiative Address: Phone: Fax: Email: Web:
George Mason University 4400 University Drive MSN 6A11 Fairfax, VA 22030 703-993-4329 703-993-4743 [email protected]
http://ati.gmu.edu
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